You Know What Bugs Me? Fluorescein Quenching… Dr. Katherine Mastrota You know what bugs me?  Fluorescein quenching.  You know, the phenomenon of reduced fluorescent efficiency at high concentrations of fluorescein.  Fluorescein is subject to quenching, or dampening of the emitted signal strength, by various factors. One such factor is self-quenching, in which individual fluorescein molecules [...]

I had an interesting patient in the office a few weeks ago. She was referred to me for potential cataract surgery because of visual symptoms including descriptions of poor quality of vision, generalized blur, and glare and halos during night driving. There was a small cataract, possibly enough to cause the problems, but perhaps not [...]

I once told a class of 1,000 colleagues that lissamine green solution had “changed my life”.  To me, the brilliance of lissamine in solution was far superior to the stain I could achieve with a lissamine strip. Pathology of the ocular surface was easily identifiable and demonstrable to the patient via imaging.  Once satisfied with [...]

Early February brought the Caribbean Eye 2010 meeting, jointly sponsored by the American College of Eye Surgeons and the Society for Excellence in Eyecare. In the session on Specialty IOLs held on the first day, Mitch Jackson gave a wonderful presentation on Post Premium IOL Enhancement Options. His theme was trying to avoid the need [...]